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 Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 10:44 pm
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Setting
- Weather
- People
- Reserved
- Reserved
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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 10:49 pm
Our Setting
Ista, the fifth Weyr, is one of the most curiously constructed. Situated on the bay at the southwest corner of the Big Island, the black half volcano thrusts four fingers and a thumb into the tropical sky. The mountain must have been formed by an eruption that knocked the bay half of its caldera into the sea, letting lava flow in a gradual drop-off, which the pounding of the current has worn away into a plateau. For all its tiny size, Ista has a mind-boggling, mazelike warren of narrow tunnels that double back and run into one another.
Just offshore, a small mountain surfaces once in a while when there are earthshakes or upheavals. The beach under Ista Weyr is sand that, when inspected, proves to be black diamond dust.
Ista supplements the lack of dragonrider weyrs with “forest weyrs,” Cliffside dwellings on the outer face of the Bowl. It attained its full population shortly before the Second Pass in the year 258. Fresh water flows into the caverns from the northeast through underground streams. The corral where the herdbeasts graze has an artificial pool filled from pipes coming through the Weyr. With the sea so near at hand, there is no need for a bathing pool for dragons, though the dragonets who have not yet learned to fly like to bathe under the cataract of the artificial waterfall created by Ista Weyr’s architects in the north wall of the Bowl.
- The Dragonslover's Guide to Pern
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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 10:56 pm
Istan Weather
The doughty dragonriders of Ista Weyr are best trained in dealing with the sort of foul weather where Thread can still do damage. Their tactics are more varied than any other Weyr’s, encompassing such odd formations as “Wing low, Wing high” and “Hollow Flight” to deal with the extremes of wind and weather they commonly face.
- Dragonslover's Guide to Pern
Ista is known for high winds and tropical weather. It is hot and humid all turn long, making it an ideal Weyr for the elderly and injured. While the weather can turn bad on wingtip, the residents of Ista Weyr have come to read signs. Fall and Winter are the only seasons where Ista sees much relief, and Spring is tropical storm season.
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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 10:57 pm
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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 10:58 pm
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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 10:59 pm
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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 11:02 pm
Credits
Dragonslover's Guide to Per
Anne Mccaffery
Thaliawen
Moral_Obligation
Dea
Thank you to everyone who helped us research and make this guide possible!
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